Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 7,656 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Pennsylvania Hall Fire (1838)
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(1901) William Hooper Councill’s Letter to the White People of Alabama
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Albina Riot, Portland, Oregon (1967)
Battle of Olustee
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The Battle of Olustee (February 20, 1864)

Explore Global African History

Bilal Calling For Prayer
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Bilal ibn Rabah al-Habashi (580-640)
Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba of Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1960
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(1960) Patrice Lumumba’s Last Letter to Pauline Lumumba
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Paul Bogle (1822-1865)
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Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (1839-1908)

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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Challenging Caste and Race: The Campaign for Integrated Higher Education in the Reconstruction Era
Earl Whaley's Orchestra Over Shanghai, ca 1937
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The Black Pacific, 1919-1941: African Americans and Asia in the Interwar Period
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What Comes Naturally: The Loving v. Virginia Case in Historical Perspective
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A Marxist Scholar Analyzes the American Legal System

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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